Detroit Area Study, 1981: A Study of the Family (ICPSR 9303)

Citation

Allen, Walter. Detroit Area Study, 1981: A Study of the Family. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09303.v1

Summary

This Detroit Area Study was primarily devoted to
investigating the family from the perspective of males. The survey
asked men about their relationships with family members and friends and
included questions on contact, intimacy, activities done together, help
given and received, serious disagreements, and expectations placed on
relatives. In addition, men were queried about their own self-image and
their views on gender roles, the value of marriage, and the
inappropriateness of certain behaviors for wives and steady
girlfriends. Married men were questioned about the distribution of
power and the division of labor between themselves and their spouses,
e.g., who had more say in decisions about the purchase of major
household items, and who did most of the housework. The survey explored
satisfaction with fatherhood and the degree of and kind of involvement
of fathers with their children, including their child-rearing practices
and values. As in previous Detroit Area Studies, the survey gauged
attitudes toward abortion, defense spending, the Equal Rights
Amendment, school prayer, and unions. Additional information gathered
by the survey includes duration of residence in the tri-county area and
at the current address, moves planned for the future, home and motor
vehicle ownership, political party identification, vote in the 1980
presidential election, social class identification, satisfaction with
jobs, use of public transportation, religion and religiosity,
employment status, occupation and industry, and information on age,
sex, place of birth, marital status, education, income, race,
ethnicity, and household composition.

More information about the Detroit Area Studies Project is available on this Web site.

Citation

Allen, Walter. Detroit Area Study, 1981: A Study of the Family. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09303.v1

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

In order to preserve respondent confidentiality,
certain identifying variables are restricted from general
dissemination. Aggregations of this information for statistical
purposes that preserve the anonymity of individual respondents can be
obtained from ICPSR in accordance with existing servicing policies.